Rinconada Pool

The city of Palo Alto has a lot of parks. The Palo Alto 2nd Ward organized a group of families to go to Rinconada Park where they have a kiddie pool. Most of the pool maxes out at 18 inches deep. One section is like a beach; little kids can walk out and gradually get deeper into the pool.

Simon and his Mom had so much fun at the water park. Kelvin was able to stop by for a bit during lunch to play too (He just rolled up his jeans and walked into the water). Simon couldn't contain himself.


We were all amazed that eventually Simon walked up chest deep. If he fell over in the shallow end, he would try to stand-up by leaning forward and pushing his hands on the floor. This of course meant that he would start to drown himself. It was really funny to watch...of course we didn't let him drown.


After a big lunch and a 2.5 hour nap, we went to the Farmer's Market in Los Altos where we had some rotisserie chicken, roasted potatoes, and topped it off with a Nutella and Bananna Crepe. Simon had a full day...so we finished him off with some milk and a movie. Mom and Dad were tired of watching Shrek 2, so we forced him to watch Monster's Inc.

First Hair-Cut

We decided enough was enough...time to cut Simon's hair. The last straw was probably how much food would get stuck in his hair when he was done eating. Below is one of the last shots of his original baby hair.


We had debated about taking him to some place...but Kelvin insisted he could cut it. In the bathroom sink he went. He fussed a bit but eventually we got it cut. He probably lost more hair than has remaining.


After dinner, Simon went to watch his favorite movie, Shrek 2. We watch it from beginning to end maybe twice a day. He can just sit there and watch it over and over again. He likes Shrek 1, but he absolutely loves Shrek 2. He gets all gitty when he sees the blue screen on the TV which says "DVD Loading."

Tide Pools

David and Michelle Parker invited us back up to join them at the Tide Pools at Moss Beach. We had been there before (Kelvin proposed to Susie there). We also went on a trip there when Jane Dukes offered to be the group docent. We met the Parkers and Mark and Paul Kokonovich's family to enjoy the morning.

Paula took a lot of great pictures of us on her new Nikon camera (Thanks Mark).
Simon had a great time looking at all of the marine life. We carried him thru the reefs because it was so slippery. Simon had a bit of trouble negotiating the sloping sand shore.


Afterwards we found mexican restaurant in Half-Moon Bay that was pretty good. We got there before the motorcyle street gang arrived.

Head first

Simon loves the park right around the corner. He'll go all by himself and just walk up and then down the slide.

I wish I could take credit for teaching him this, but it was really Susie who just let him do it all by himself.

Google-famous

Every once in awhile...I would go to Google and type in my name to see how many of the hits were actually me. Right out of school, there would be a hit every once in awhile, but today I checked and...

Kelvin Ning = 14 out of 20
Susanna Ning = 4 out of 10

The link for Susie that was awesome was her publication in 2007 was featured in a blog.

And the plot thickens....muahahaha

Palo Alto Foothill Park

So, Palo Alto has a private park only available to its residents. Foothill Park has a gorgeous, huge open field at the bottom that you can apparently reserve for camping as well. This last weekend, the weather was great so we drove out there to have a picnic.

Simon enjoyed his turkey cold-cuts while trying to stab his hand into all of the other packages of food out on the blanket.

Simon started to walk around on the uneven surface and really started to get the hang of it. Once he started to get comfortable...

We decided to play a game of Football

20 Months Apart

Well, here's the proof:

We are technically 8 weeks and 3 days into Baby #2. This means the baby should be due some time around the beginning of December (Crew's birthday is 12/1). Susie is terrified of a VBAC so we'll probably pick a day in week 38/39 that will be convenient.

By the calendar, Simon would be 2007, and the new baby would be 2008...but they're on opposite ends of the Calendar. Cary and Kelvin were only 10 months apart (both born in 1975)...that would have been insane. (Kudos to Grandma/pa Ning)

We had a big pool at my office trying to figure out gender and hair-color which I'll eventually start-up again soon. But here are some of my thoughts regarding Pros and Cons for gender. Feel free to add comments for additions or criticisms.

Baby Boy:
- It'd be great for Simon to have a brother to romp around with
- We wouldn't have to buy any clothes for a long time
- Males are considered lucky in Chinese Culture
- We wouldn't have to save for college AND for the wedding
- Less drama overall

Baby Girl:
- Susie would lose her fear of having all boys
- Grandma Ning would be completely ecstatic (she still would be fine with a boy...)
- She would need all new clothes
- Who are we kidding...we'd have to fend off all the boys when she turns 14
- Simon would be able to look out for her